Acronym.

[BRICK DOM]

2 hours ago, eidolarr said:

No, I don't think this is right. I've owned a silver foil, a black foil, and a green regular (with the current "foil" reverse face) and they are all obviously of different durabilities. The silver foil is incredibly fragile, but even the black is much less rigid than the back-face of the green xpac. The current "foil" seems to be laminated in some way that makes it much tougher (and more rigid).

As for waning magic, man, whatever. I'm too lazy, but I wonder what year the first post about "the magic is gone" was made in? Before 2016, I bet... hasn't it always been like this? Maybe it's you that have changed? It's been five years, after all -- it's natural for your tastes to shift over such a long period of time.

I've said this before but I think "making money" is the wrong take. Prices go up, sure, but the volume is too low for it to be a cash cow. If he wanted to make money, he would create a diffusion line and do more shoes. Acronym is his art/prestige project.

Yeah, I get that people always wish for the way things used to be so that’s fair to say. I liked acronym in 2010 and I still like it now.

I mean I don’t think he’s making money hand over fist but as it has been discussed before there are definitely items that sit. As far as I know, almost every multi item sells out within minutes. Back to the pre-nike days I don’t think anyone needed a damn website tracker to try to get things in the first 10 minutes before it all sold out. So he’s definitely catering to hype in some form and that’s honestly how our retail landscape operates today. Look at nike with their snkrs drops and all these raffles lol and all the bot copping. Everyone wants in on something and it’s all so globalized now.

[Theanix]

3 hours ago, Orientalq said:

wish E was more open-minded to making good things rather than things for the sake of being new. If one-off ultra-low stock Multi is the direction "New" ACR is heading then E needs to go the other way. Especially at these price points. For instance, J1E was well-liked with "New" things, features, arrays but he only sold it to friends and subnet. Everyone else gets highlighter stretchy boonie hat.

Why are you here?

[Orientalq]

3 minutes ago, Theanix said:

Why are you here?

I'll answer your nonquestion with a nonanswer: Errolson is my dad.

[nathan_]

5 hours ago, Orientalq said:

wish E was more open-minded to making good things rather than things for the sake of being new. If one-off ultra-low stock Multi is the direction "New" ACR is heading then E needs to go the other way. Especially at these price points. For instance, J1E was well-liked with "New" things, features, arrays but he only sold it to friends and subnet. Everyone else gets highlighter stretchy boonie hat.

Huh? Have you not seen the pieces being reconsidered and iteratively improved? I can only assume the J1E business was to gauge whether the features were viable in day-to-day use. In-house testing is good but expanding the testing pool is even better, especially in all the different climates the subnet people are scattered in. Naturally, also to thank the superfans.

The multi stuff is getting old, sure, but a lot of this stuff was probably designed or conceptualized in succession, but produced over the course of the next year (maybe longer), something which isn't uncommon at all in the greater fashion-sphere, so it feels like they're clinging to it but it's all part of a singular vision. I'm almost certain we won't see it persist as part of every drop in the future... but famous last words, right?

[robbatussin]

6 hours ago, eidolarr said:

No, I don't think this is right. I've owned a silver foil, a black foil, and a green regular (with the current "foil" reverse face) and they are all obviously of different durabilities. The silver foil is incredibly fragile, but even the black is much less rigid than the back-face of the green xpac. The current "foil" seems to be laminated in some way that makes it much tougher (and more rigid).

It sounds like you are using the term 'durability' to describe the rigidity/pliability of the overall material and not the resilience of the foil/glossy side of the material against de-lamination/peeling (as was frequently highlighted here in the past).

[eidolarr]

I see what you mean. I can definitely imagine the glossy xpac delaminating in the sense that the entire laminated face may separate from the inner material, as one piece, starting around the edges. However, the old foil lacks that lamination layer completely; individual shreds of the foil will tear off inevitably, even with light wear. I guess time will tell, but it's hard to imagine anything less robust than the old silver foil.

EDIT I took a picture:

That's not "delamination" in the gtx pro sense where the layers separate, it's just the outer layer being incredibly fragile. The current foil lineup seems like it would fail more like gtx pro

Edited March 13, 2021 by eidolarr

[gosgjkaj]

Would like to ask is there any third-party Acronym archive database?

Either website or could files will do.

Thanks guys.

I tried to search both online and within sufu but didn't find anything...

Edited March 13, 2021 by gosgjkaj

[beepy]

+1. I was looking for last night for some old stuff with no luck. Most image links are dead

[iamundying]

 

it's a hit and miss but one of the best options is this:

http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.acrnm.com

 

[Cornuto]

As long as he doesn’t multi the pants, I’m good.

Its all about the pants nowadays. So nice.  
 

 

 

[Fourmera]

3A-2 just arrived, the webbing is much darker than the product pictures suggest.

[BruceLeroy]

Very nice. I regret not getting one when I had the chance. 

[Orientalq]

2 hours ago, Fourmera said:

the webbing is much darker than the product pictures suggest.

koll needs to lay off on the color editing and realize it's a product he's selling, not an art project -- has happened many times before with RAF/alpha green pieces where people get a different color than what the photos show

[hooper]

[BruceLeroy]

6 minutes ago, hooper said:

Yeah, no. Fuck that. Color accuracy is KEY for product photography. 
 

“14% Grey color pallet reference shot? Nah bro we don’t need that, I fuck with the vibes.”

[aosd]

 

[dixonschneider]

18 hours ago, BruceLeroy said:

Yeah, no. Fuck that. Color accuracy is KEY for product photography. 
 

“14% Grey color pallet reference shot? Nah bro we don’t need that, I fuck with the vibes.”

Imho a super weak excuse and not appropriate to the product he's selling. But i mean, they got the RAF stotz wrong for years so nothing new really.

I would have loved more 3A accessories in the new FOIL fabric, especially the MK2, but maybe we'll see this in the near future. My 3TS needs something new

[iamtheoldmanofthemountain]

late to the party but hadn't seen a 3a-5 foil up yet. for posterity, can confirm that the straps and the base reinforcements are the same colour. not sure if it was just me, but in some shots i thought the strap looked a tad lighter than the rest. also, comparison shot of the foil vs 3a-5 FW20 black xpac (interior), you can see a texture difference

[BruceLeroy]

Glad to see this. My black foil is delayed in customs so I should have it tomorrow or Wednesday. 

[moneytalks]

what do the interiors of the "reversed xpac" foil look like?

[thatslapz]

32 minutes ago, moneytalks said:

what do the interiors of the "reversed xpac" foil look like?

I think you answered your own question. It’s the reverse lol. 

[moneytalks]

9 minutes ago, thatslapz said:

I think you answered your own question. It’s the reverse lol. 

i know i know, ask a dumb question...
so it's literally the smooth matte face?

[thatslapz]

1 minute ago, moneytalks said:

i know i know, ask a dumb question...
so it's literally the smooth matte face?

Believe so yes, from the site photos and some of the first hand accounts trickling in it is just that.

[moneytalks]

i think it looks good, i just know i'll be fucking annoyed when it rubs and sticks to my jackets or tees when i walk

lol ok just rubbed my shirt on the inside of my 3A-5 and i was wrong, it's super smooth

Edited March 17, 2021 by moneytalks

[Chyyy]

2nd drop

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMglPkUhWGN/?igshid=1ej35g5o9zrh8

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMglbJ5B3t5/?igshid=1lb9eggx7bo9w

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMglABGB7V1/?igshid=ahom7cikt4i4

 

[BRICK DOM]

Looks like a new way to load the gravity pocket with the powermesh on the fore arm for the j1a? Also, umit’s j1a fit is really weird lol.
 

 

[Inkinsurgent]

fuck me that MA1 looks good. Serious pre-2012 acr vibes.

[beepy]

Hope someone here got that kit1 jacket off grailed just now!

[LowLevelViolence]

5 hours ago, BRICK DOM said:

Looks like a new way to load the gravity pocket with the powermesh on the fore arm for the j1a? Also, umit’s j1a fit is really weird lol.

Huge if true. Catch me dropping stuff in then reloading like

[itHZwhatitHZ]

Looks like most if not all of the features from the J1E finally made it over to the J1A, as the Gen 2.4 iteration. Coevo carrying these pieces (and maybe more to be revealed) indicates they will be making it to other stockists as well, i.e. wider release beyond mothersite drop.

Edited March 17, 2021 by itHZwhatitHZ